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John Oxley

@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk

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Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck. The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me. Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · Mar 9

And just think, you can read me being right about everything for less than a central London pint a month..

www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10h

Second this. Is excellent and thorough!

The highlight remains his massive box.

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11h

What five events defined your childhood?

Election of New Labour
Bosnian Wars
Omagh bombing to GFA
9/11
[name redacted] pulling an arm off Raggy Cat (pictured)

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11h

Maga lickspittles are, by no meaning of the word, conservative.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11h

Depends if you get them second hand or not.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12h

Sajid Javid!

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12h

At least it won't go cold

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12h

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 14h

Most known as the incest defender

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15h

Remember when one of the young RW "commentators" responded to a critic with "actually I'm not getting paid" and, wow, you are torching your future for nothing.

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15h

I do not waste ice cream.

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 16h

Yeah, I think it's a combination of all three.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 17h

When I was involved in uni Cons stuff, the BBC were sniffing around for what became a documentary "Young, Bright and on the Right". The only people who had the self-awareness to not come off terribly also had the awareness to know they would get stitched up, so only the weirdest got involved.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 2d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 17h

How your skeet finds me:

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18h

Deliveroo is a business almost every bit of British politics should have an incentive to regulate out of existence, and yet...

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 19h

Reading @londoncentric.media and reflecting on how everything wrong with Britain can be seen through Deliveroo:
- much of the economy is fraudulent
- people don’t go outside
- workers are underpaid and insecure
- the immigration system is broken
- society is being eroded by Big Tech

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 19h

Jonn, can't believe you are telling everyone to kiss Grok on the mouth.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 19h

Yeah, the most likely outcome of voting down May was always going to be "The Brexiteers get Boris" which would then automatically go to a deal that was more ideologically hard-line and less interested in details.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 20h

Then maybe now would be a good time to clarify your position on the UK's commitment to NATO and its allies.

In particular, whether you still support collective security as currently envisaged by Article V.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 23h

There was for a time a very grim vaguely Indian take away in Clerkenwell where they would scoop your order and then blast it in the microwave in front of you.

bryce.lol @bryce.lol · 23h

Slowly but surely, the market is moving towards my food delivery model: a transit van full of ping meals and a microwave.

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 23h

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

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